Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23623, Cotton Daniel Evans, Conn.

SERVICE
born.
Evans, Cotton Daniel
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 8 23623
CONTENTS

Vermont 1007
Cotton Evans.
of Brookline in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain McGregor of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dutcher in the Connecticut line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars per per an to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Octo 1832 and sent to P. White Putney Vermont
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  120.00    Pension allowance ending 4 th March 1833  40.00     $160.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. M. Duffield Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 53

Payment suspended & notice of reason to pension on 14 Feby 1835
letter to P. White 14 July 1835
" " 3 Sept. '35
Copies of papers sent to Hon. H. Leland Wall, H.R. Jan. 6. 1835.
See letter to Hon. M. H. Sibley Jan. 11. 1838 — Do. to Hon. T. Morris, Senate, June 29. 1838 —

Application #
Application for
Pension
No 1299
August 27 1832
due
Pension Office
11/1/31
Eng. 11/1
to be made W.O. White vt.

STATE OF VERMONT.
At a Probate Court held at Brattleboro in this District in said County of Windham, being a Court of Record having a seal & Clerk Presiding, the Hon. Peter A. Taft.
On this Tuesday day of July — A. D. 1852—Personally appeared in open Court,
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District & County — now sitting — Cotton Lucas a resident of Brookline in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Eighty Three — years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 — That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, pon his said oath , as follows:
And he further declares that he knows of no witnesses who were out with him during his services -- 1. In the town of Killingsworth in the county of Windham & state of Connecticut - 2. Has no record of his age in his possession -- 3. In Woodstock in the state of Connecticut - for the space of thirty years or more in the town of Royalton in the county of Windham and state of Vermont - and for thirteen years last past has resided in Westminster, Athens & Townshend in the county of Windham Vermont and now lives in the town of Brookline - 4. Enlisted & volunteered 5. Discharged at Brattleboro - Parsons - Gage - Johnson - and others 6. When he served in Col. Danks' Reg't he received a written discharge which was destroyed by the Indians at the battle where they burnt Royalton and took him prisoner and carried him into captivity - received no other discharge in existing - 7. Col. Timothy H. Whitney & Abraham Ball Esq. have known him many years and have lived in his neighborhood - there is no clergyman - in Brookline or Athens - except such as are occasionally in Athens - & he has but little acquaintance in the vicinity - Thos. G. Gove
Cotton - Quarts.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Peter R. Luft - Judge
We Col. Timothy H. Whitney residing residing in the town of Athens in said County of Washington and Abraham Bell Esq. of the same Athens in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Cotton Green who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before Peter R. Leff Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Col. J. H. Whitney who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said town of Athens and that Abraham Ball who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Athens aforesaid in said cpty, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Asa Hayes 2 o Clerk of Reg ta of the Providence Court, within and for the District of Westminster aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Leah Green for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty fifth day of October A. D. 1832.
San Felipe 22

2 Cotton D. Evans P. Papers
28 Aug 1779 8 m
15 Aug 1780
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4 m 17 days

2 State of Vermont } At a Probate Court begun and held at Windham County } 3 Brattleboro in and for the District of Westminster in Windham County on the 31 st D. of January 1824 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Dana Cluett Judge of Probate for said District of Westminster said Court being a Court of Record agreeable to the laws of said State of Vermont Cotton D. Evans, aged & six- enty three years, resident of Brattleboro in said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 and the first of March 1823. That the said Cotton D. Evans did enlist the first of March in 1780 in the Battalion of Windham in Col. for the term of one year in the service of the Uni- ted States in the Revolutionary war under the Continental es- tablishment in the company commanded by Capt. Eli Gage and Regiment commanded by Col. John Durgin in the line of the army at West Point in March 1780 and ser- ved against the common enemy as a private soldier for the term of one year under one enlistment. At the ex- piration of one year I was discharged at West Point by my Col. but my discharge being lost have it not in my power to prove my service. only by the deposition of Andrew Dorrance and Thomas Dorr. And in pursu- ance of said acts March 1818 and the first of May 1820 I do hereby declare that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to to diminish it as to being myself restrained the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th D. of March 1818 and that I have not, nor now has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than is contained in the Schedule 12

hereto annexed and by me subscribed -
Schedule of Real estate and personal estate -
Real estate --- none
Personal property,
one Cow $12.00 - one sheep $1.20 - one age $1.00 = $14.20
one chain $1.50 - one hoe $0.25 - one shovel $0.75 = 2.50
one sickle .42 - iron ware $4.25 - old puster .50 = 5.17
old furniture 2.00 - one Chest .39 - old chain .75 = 3.14
Glass ware .30 - old earthen .42 = .72
Fire slice and tongs .75 - 2 wheels 2.50 = 3.25
one saw 1.75
Total amount $29.78
I am by occupation a farmer, but by reason of age and bodily infirmity not able to labor. I have a wife named Anna aged forty six - I have two sons, Isaac aged 15 years - the other William 11 years - one daughter, one named Hannah, 13 years, which is a cripple, not able to labor. Am named I am aged forty years, all which are dependent on me for their support - Cotton D. Evans
Deposited and declared in open Court on the day and year above written Before me, Daniel Clarke Judge
I Lisa Hayes 2nd Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Westminster of said do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Cotton D. Evans did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy for the term of one year under one engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing auth and schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of said Court - and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is twenty nine dollars and seventy eight cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 31 st day of January A.D. 1824 -
Asa Hayes 2 d Register

18,884
Cotton Daniel Evans, Wenham 60 Mt.
Lemuel Whitney.
Brattleboro' Vt.
Recd 5 July 1823.
Rejected see letter to L. Whitney 9 July 1823
May Term 1823
Wenham Cotton D. Evans No. 15

N. 75.
Cotton I. Evans
Chadwick
May Term 1823
ON CHARLES K. WILLIAMS
day of May, A. D. 1823, personally appeared
9 July 1823
William L. Spitznagel
Spitznagel, etc.
22 July 1823
James Whitney
Wenham & Co. etc.
Cotton I. Evans
18,884

State of Vermont.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM, SS. AT the Supreme Court of Judicature, begun and held at New Fane, within and for the County of Windham, on the fourth Tuesday of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty three.—Present—
HON. CORNELIUS P. VAN NESS, Esq. Chief Judge, HON. JOEL DOOLITTLE, HON. CHARLES K. WILLIAMS, } Esq's, Assistant Judges.
On this thirtieth day of May, A. D. 1823, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for the County of Windham, and State of Vermont—proceeding according to the course of the common law:—with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings; and having the power of fine and imprisonment:— Cotton Daniel Evans resident in Townshend in said County of Windham—Aged 71 years—Who, being first duly sworn according to law—doth, on his Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress, of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820,—That he, the said Cotton D. Evans  was taken a spy enlisted for the term of Nine months on the McGregor day of March in the year May  Andrew in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain McGregor in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dirgee in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: that he continued to serve in the said Corps until sometime in the month of Decr. following when he was discharged from said service, at Peekskill in the State of New York . that his name has been placed on the pension list, and kept thereon on account of his property.
And, in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, I do hereby swear—that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818—And that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress—Entitled “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War”—passed on the 18th day of March, 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me: Nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Schedule of real and personal Estate—necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
One Cow and calf worth $18. — One swine & six pigs worth $10. — One pot worth $1. One small kettle $1. $30 00 6 Chairs $1 50 — One Chest $1 34. One Table $1 knives & forks and dishes $3 6 84 36 84
Cotton D. Evans

That, since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property —
Names of persons to whom sold.
Time of Sale.
Amount of money, or description of property received in return.
J. L. Gannett
And I do also swear—that my occupation is that of a Common labourer - Am a Cripple from a wound received in service, have had eleven Children — four of whom live with me. My Daughter Hannah is 12 years of age, and a Cripple. My Son Richard 10 years old of common health — Eliza 5 years old — Jacob 3 years old. My Wife Louisa is 48 years of age subject to the Rheumatism. I am in need of the assistance of my Country for support. SWORN to, and declared, in open Court—on the thirteenth day of May, A. D. 1823.
Cotton D. Evans
before Samuel Whitney Clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature for the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont.
I Samuel Whitney Clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature within and for the County of Windham in the State of Vermont—do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Cotton Daniel Evans did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental establishment—I also certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule hereto annexed, are truly Copied from the records of the said Court—And I do further certify—that it is the opinion of the said Court—that the total amount in value of the exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirty six dollars and eighty four cents.
Now whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth day of June A. D. 1823.
Samuel Whitney Clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature for the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont.

No. 1299
Admitted
P Private 2 yrs and more
S. No.
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Group 62
months 24-36 months 12-24 months 6-12 months 3-6 months 1-3
months 1-3
Private 2 yrs and more

BRIEF in the case of Cotton Evans of Windham County in the State of Vermont (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Court of Probate
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
83 years —
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     — In 1775 November 5 — Private Capt. Conine   — 1776 October 6 do Capt. Murray   1778 May # # # # do Capt. M c Key   at the Indians 7 was taken prisoner by the Indians   13 3 his release was not effected for 13 months & 3 days   31 3 found on Parker's list   enlisted Oct 28. 1779 } 4 mo. 19 d.   Disch. Jan 15. 1780 }  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Hillingly, Windham Co. Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
S. M. Duffield Examining Clerk.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Cotton Daniel Evans  V. F. 23623
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1775 5 mos. Conner Conn.   Oct. 1776 6 mos. Nathaniel Marcy?   May 1778 Dec. 1778 John M c Gregor John Durkee   Feb. 1780 Oct. 16, 1780  on alarm when Royalton Vt- was burned, taken prisoner, carried to Montreal and confined in King's prison 13 mos. and 3 days, when he was exchanged. Soldier also says he served 6 mos. in Col. Grosvenor's Regt.   
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodstock Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 30 1823 His cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Townshend, Windham Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 71 yrs. born at Killington, Conn.
Remarks: In 1823 Soldier's wife Lovina was 48 years old and Children Rosel or Russel 14 yrs. Hannah 12 yrs. Willard 10 yrs. Eliza 5 years and Jane 3 years. There were eleven in all but no other names are stated. It is not shown that Soldier married twice.
Very respectfully,

18,884
Mr. Edwards Cotton Dr. Evans,
N. P. Fletcher, Ludlow, Vt.
Recd. 13 Apr. 1824.
Rejected -
see letter of 17 June 1824, to N. P. Fletcher, Esq.
See also letter of 13 June 1824 to N. P. Fletcher, Esq.
Act 1818

18884 Free Mrs. Edwards Cotton D. Evans, N. P. Fletcher, Ludlow, Vt.
Rec D. 13 Apr. 1824
Rejected
see letter 17 June
1824
1824 see letter 17 June 1824
Secretary of War City Washington
ad 1818

Act 1818
18884
Mr. Edward
Cotton D. Green,
N. P. Steele
Shelby, Ky.
Recd. Apr. 1824.
Repealed
See the letter of 17 June
1824,
to
Mr. Steele
near
Washington
3 1/2
3 1/2
3 1/2
3 1/2
Leesburg Va. June 17 1824

Lucian Vermont April 5 th 1824
Dear Sir
I enclose the Declaration & the accompanying Evidence in support of the claim of latter D. Swan for a Pension & hope as soon as business in your Office will admit an attention may be paid to it & the same returned to me
Yours Respectfully
A. A. Salisbury Post Master at Lucian Vermont
Dear Mr. Calhoun

I Elias Stevens of Royallston in the County of Windover and State of Vermont aged 81 next October depose and say that Mr Cotton Evans came into Royallston with his family in the summer of 1780 and lived in what is now called Royallston Village and I lived in Royallston at the time about one mile below him on White river as said Royallston and on the 16 th day of October in said year 1780 the British and Indians came from Canada and burnt Royallston and burnt Mr Evans house and destroyed all he had and took Evans and carried said Evans to Canada and there he was kept in prison as all the prisoners say about 1 year the prisoners were released or exchanged the next year and  our men got home about the same time in October 1781 said Evans returned to Royallston and lived there in about 30 years after he returned then he removed to the south part of the State of Vermont where he remains at this time but I know him to be the same Cotton Evans that was burnt out and himself carried into captivity and he is now 88 years old
Elias Stevens
State of Vermont } at Royallston on this 18 th day of July 1835 Windover County } Personally appeared Elias Stevens the signer of the above deposition, and solemnly swore that it contained the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Before Daniel Rix Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the s d Elias Stevens is a man of truth & veracity
Danl. Rix Justice Peace

I Garner Rix of Royalton in the county of Windsor & State of Vermont being sixty six years old do testify and say that in the year 1780 I was acquainted with Cotton Evans then of Royalton who with myself on the 16 th day of October in the year 1780 was taken captive by a party of British and Indians and taken to Montreal and there said Evans was imprisoned and remained in prison until I returned home and I was gone from home about eleven months some time after I returned said Evans returned to Royalton & there remained about thirty years then he removed to the south part of the state of Vermont and now lives in the town of Townsend in Windham county and I know him to be the same identical Cotton Evans that went to Canada with me
Garner Rix
State of Vermont } at Royalton on this 18 th day of July Windsor County } 1835 Personally appeared Garner Rix the signer of the foregoing deposition and solemnly swore that it contained the whole truth and nothing but the truth and I certify that he is a man of truth and veracity
Daniel Rix Justice of Peace

David Waller Deposition
State of Vermont
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared David Waller, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Notary Public
Notary Public
State of Vermont

(Handwritten marginalia: 14 years prisoner) I David Waller of Bethel State of Vermont & county of Windsor being sixty eight years old last October do testify and say that I knew Cotton Evans in the year 1780 then of Royalton in said county Windsor and that on the sixteenth day of October in the year 1780 the said Evans & myself was taken captive by the British and Indians and was carried to Montreal and there imprisoned - said Evans was in prison about eleven months then was he was exchanged as prisoner of war at Skeneboro (now Whitehall) said Evans then returned to Royalton & there remained about thirty years thence he removed to the southern part of the state of Vermont and I know the present applicant for a pension to be the very identical Cotton Evans who went with me as a captive to Montreal Dated at Royalton the 18 th day of July 1835
David Waller
State of Vermont at Royalton this 18 th day of July 1835 Personally appeared David Waller the signer of the above deposition and solemnly swore that it contained the whole truth and nothing but the truth and I certify that he is a man of truth and veracity Daniel Rix Justice of Peace
State of Vermont | I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Windsor County ss | Court, Do hereby certify, that Daniel Rix is one of the Justices of the Peace within said County of Windsor, duly Commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures to these foregoing Affidavits are genuine - In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court, this thirtieth day of July Eighteen Hundred & thirty five
Benj Swan Clerk

Sept 3 rd
N.H. add. Prof. Colten Evans
Rev. John G. Merrill War Department City of Washington

Perth, Augt. 28 th 1835-
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is testimony to prove a part of the services of Cotton Evans — The old man is now very infirm — Has done and suffered much during the Revolutionary War — And no doubt is highly deserving of a Pension —
Very respectfully
O. White
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions —

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Ho Reps Dec 27. 1837
Sir
Cotton Evans having presented his Petition to Congress for a Pension, I have to request of you the original papers in the case to print to the Committee, or if that may not be done, a copy of all the papers for the like purpose very respectfully Yr obt. Heiland Hall
Genl J L Edwards—
Evans, St Roll, application attested suspended or rejected—
M Rowan Act 1818 - 4 papers Taylor - 32 -

1862
Pension Office
War Department
City of Washington
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Hartney Vt. July 3 rd 1885~
Dear Sir,
At the urgent request of a poor old feeble man, whose Pension has been suspended, Cotton Evans, I write - requesting your attention again to his case. He is very aged and infirm in body and mind, is inca- -ble of looking up any evidence in his case - and has no friends to assist him, - He is miserably poor - His mind is so impaired that he can give but a very imperfect account of his services - says he served, as he thinks, six months in Col. Gurney's Regiment of the Connecticut troops - and other services - besides his services in Vermont where he was taken captive by the Indians, at the burning of Royalton - You must be sensible, that at this late period it is not generally practicable for the then old men to procure testimony to prove their services, it is rare to find any of their old comrades living - If this old man is justly entitled to his pension, by which, I think, he will be for no doubt, he needs it - but cannot wait it long -
Very respectfully your Obedt. Servt.
S. White
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions.

Royalton Historical Association.
South Royalton, Vermont.
Feb. 23, 1911.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Honorable Sir:
I would like a pension certificate of Cotton Evans, who served in the Conn. Continental during the Revolution. He was pensioned in Windham County, Vt., his pension beginning Oct. 24, 182. At date of application he was eighty-five, he drew $80 annually.
He had married twice--Elizabeth -----, who died in Royalton Nov. 25, 1795, and Lavinia Danes.
Hoping you can oblige me, and thanking you in advance for the favor, I am,
Very respectfully yours,
(Mrs.) E. M. Lovejoy.

Revolution
23623 INVALID.
1911 Feb 28 Hist to Mrs. E. H. Lovejoy P.L.M.
File No. 23623
Cotton Evans
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Andrew Brasfield Deposition for Evans
Andrew

State of Vermont / Woodstock County Clerk's Office Windsor County ss / February the 21 st A D 1824
This Certifies that Joshua Warner is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Windsor and that the within is his signature In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the County Court within & for said County, and sub- scribed my name the day & year above - Benj. Swan Clerk
(A large, decorative flourish or signature line follows the name Benj. Swan Clerk.)

I Andrew Broadhead of Ludlow in the County of Windsor 4 and State of Vermont of said place do testify and say that I enlisted in the Service of the United States in the Revolution war under the Continental establishment enlisted in the Month of March 1780 in the Regiment commanded by Col. Dearborn in the Piquemskine Line and joined the Army at West Point in March 1780 and became acquainted with Cotton D. Evans a private Soldier who belonged to Capt. McGehee's Company Regiment commanded by Col. John Dungan in the Com since that I saw him at West Point the last of March 1780 and was on duty with him at D point and saw him for the space of nine months from time to time as the army moved and am knowing that Evans doing actual service for the space of nine months under one enlistment
and further testify and say that I am in no way influenced by the event of his application for a Pension Andrew Broadhead
State of Vermont } Ludlow February the 18 th D 1824 Windsor County } Personally appeared the above named Andrew Broadhead and made oath to me that the above Deposition by him subscribed is the truth Given by me that the above and new Broadhead a Credible witness Gadner Warner Justice Peace

Affidavits in favor of Cotton Evans

The affidavit of Russell Evans of Londonderry in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont aged sixty one years - who testifies and says that he has been acquainted with Cotton Evans, now of Brookline in the State of Vermont; from his boyhood - and remembers when a boy living in Woodstock in the State of Connecticut, has heard his father and others tell about the said Cotton Evans being out as a soldier in the Revolutionary War - and well remembers that in the year 1780 the said Cotton Evans came to Woodstock from Vermont, having recently returned from captivity in Canada, having been taken, as he the Deponent then understood, the year before at the time that Indians burnt Royalton - and well remembers that the said Cotton Evans wore a pair of Indian Stockings, and then related in the hearing of the Deponent his adventures and sufferings while in captivity -
Russell Evans
State of Vermont
Windham County ss July 24 th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to
Before me Phineas White Justice of the Peace
The affidavit of Amariah Richmond of Westminster in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, who testifies and says that he has for many years past been acquainted with Cotton Evans now residing in Brookline in the County & State aforesaid and that fifty years ago he was acquainted with Simon Evans & Richard Evans, brothers of the said Cotton Evans who then lived in the town of Athens in Vermont, and has heard them tell, in their days, about the said Cotton Evans' serving as a soldier in the Revolutionary War - And when the said Cotton Evans moved to Athens many years ago (from fifteen to twenty years) heard the said Cotton relate the circumstances of his serving as a soldier in the Revolutionary War and of his being taken by the Indians at Royalton, and carried into captivity to Montreal and his sufferings there - And well remembers that the relation made by the said Cotton, agreed in all material facts and circumstances, with the stories he had heard told & relating to the same, years before, by the brothers of the said Cotton Evans -
Amariah Richmond
State of Vermont
Windham County ss July 24 th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to
Before me Phineas White Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that the above named Russell Evans & Amariah Richmond are men of truth and credibility whose testimony full faith & credence ought to be given -
Phineas White Justice of the Peace

Seth Henson Deposition for Eddy

3 I Seth Benion of Orwell in Rutland County State of Vermont of Lawful age Do Testify that I enlisted in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war under the Continental establishment in the Month of March 1780 1780 and joined the Army at West Point in March 1780 and became acquainted with Cotton D. Evans a private Soldier who belonged to Capt. McGragger Company and Regiment Commanded by Col. John Dunge in the Conn Line and was with him on duty and saw him from time to time for the space of nine months and so Benion was under one enlistment under said establishment I first saw said Evans the last of March 1780 my self belonged to Col. Vose's Regiment my enlistment was for 3 years
I here by Certify that I am in no way interested in the event of his application for a pension Seth Benion
State of Vermont } Orwell February the 13 th 1824 Rutland County } Personally appeared the above named Seth Benion and made Oath that the above Deposition by him Subscribed is the truth I am I am I here by Certify that the above named Seth Benion is a Credible witness before me Dorus Bascom Justice Peace